Hinge.



No. 863,132. PATENTED AUG. 13, 1907.

W. P. ANGELO.

HINGE.

APPLICATION II'LED JULYQ, 190s.

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UNITED STATES WALLACE P. ANGELO, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HINGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 13, 1907.

Application filed July 9,1906. Serial No. 325,310.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALLACE P. ANGELO, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Hinges, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to improvements in hinges and has for its object the provision of a device of this character, which although especially designed for use in connection with box lids, is as will be apparent to those skilled in the art, susceptible of employment in many other connections.

The invention comprehends a hinge comprising two members adapted to assume a pivotal relation with re spect to each other and having improved cooperating instrumentalities for rigidly bracing them against excessive opening movement whereby to insure against breakage, as for instance where a lid or cover is forced open beyond a pre-determined extent with respect to the body of a box.

The invention further embraces a hinge formed for ready application to a box or other device wherein two 01' more members are desired to be secured together, and which when properly applied will not only reinforce the hinge members as above suggested but will also reinforce the parts which are hinged together.

The invention'still further includes a hinge consisting of two members strengthened at their edges to resist any b ending or twisting strains by striking up the members of the hinge out of compressed steel or other sheet metal and fianging the edges of said members.

A convenient embodiment of the invention possessing all of the foregoing desirable characteristics as well as other novel details in the construction and arrangement of parts is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part hereof and in connection with which reference is made to the detailed description hereinafter contained.

Generally speaking the embodiment referred to comprises two hinged members struck-up from sheet metal, each having reinforcing flanges at their edges terminating slightly short of their adjoining ends to form abutments, one of said members having an offset portion perforated to form an eye for the reception of a complementary offset portion on the other member constituting a hook, the extreme end of the hook member being adapted to [it upon the inside of the box or other device to which it is secured when hung upon the edge of the same, as will more fully hereinafter appear, the abutments constituted by the ends of the reinforcing-flanges of the two members affording the means for resisting excessive movement of the hinge in its opening movement.

Referring more particularly to the drawings: Figure 1 represents a fragmentary perspective view of a box showing my improved hinge applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the hinge detached and with the parts thereof separated; and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view through the hinge showing in dotted lines the relative positions of the hinge members when closed, and in full lines the positions they occupy when open.

Like reference characters refer to corresponding parts in the several views.

A designates the body of a box or other receptacle, and B the lid thereof hingedly secured to the back of said body through the medium of my improved hinge, the back of the body being recessed as at a to accommo date the hinge as will be obvious.

0 represents the low er member of the hinge, the same comprising a shank D having longitudinally disposed reinforcing flanges rl bent up therefrom and projecting outwardly from its opposite edges, these flanges terminating short of the upper end of the member C to form beveled rests or abutments E. The extreme upper end F of this lower member is arched inwardly for a short distance, thence carried forwardly in a hori zontal direction as at f and bent downwardly as at G, this arrangement constituting a'hook adapted to be slipped upon and be suspended from the back wall of the box A within the recess a whereby the upper surface of the arched portion F will lie flush with or slightly lower than the plane of the upper edge of the back of the box. The member of the hinge just defined is practically self-sustaining, but to secure it against displacement, I pass any desired number of screws or other securing devices through the shank D and depending portion G of the hook. The upper member of the hinge comprises a shank G, in general respects of the same formation as the shank 0 having reinforcing flanges g at its edges. I At the lower end of this member the same is offset in a horizontal direction, as at H, (Fig. 4) the extreme end h of which is deflected upwardly slightly and is apertured to constitute an eye for the reception of the hook portion of the lower member, it being noted that this hook portion is reduced in width as compared to the width of the shanks to permit of its ready passage through the said eye. The flanges of the upper member project around the offset lower end thereof substantially to the upwardly deflected portion h, just referred to where they terminate to constitute complementary abutments J to coact with the ends of the flanges on the lower member as before pointed out. The lid or other member to be hinged is simply slipped into the upper member of the hinge whereby the latter will embrace the bottom edge of the former, and screws or other securing devices will fasten the same in place.

In the hinging movement the apertured extension h of the upper member works in the hollow of the arched portion F of the lower member, and when the lid is opened to its predetermined extent the same is rigidly supported in open position, and the hinged members reinforced with respect to each other by the abutting engagement of the ends of the reinforcing flanges at 1' arranged to engage the outer surface of the lower hinge member when the hinge is open. it will thus be seen that there are three bracing or supporting points of engagement between the two hinge members when they are open.

Owing to the shape of the hinged members as above described, it will be noted that the parts are strongly connected; that very little if any strain is borne by the screws or other securing devices whereby any tendency of the hinge to become loosened is overcome; that the embracing of the edges of the box and its lid by the two members reinforces such edges at their hinged portions as also affords the entire thickness of the wall of the box and the lid to sustain the hinge against tearing therefrom; and finally that the manner of abutting and reinforcing the two hinge members when open practically renders it impossible to break the hinged members apart under ordinary service.

In the type of hinge which i have chosen to illustrate herein for the purpose of imparting clear understand ing of my invention, it will be observed that the parts of the hinge are so fashioned and arranged that when opened they will assume a position with the lid of the box in a substantially vertical position or in a position slightly beyond the vertical whereby approximately the entire weight of the lid will be sustained by the lower hooked member of the hinge so that the fastening screws or other securing devices are subjected to no strain whatever, any tendency of the lid and hinge to pull outwardly away from the body of the box being resisted by the hook of the lower member.

The hinge members may of course be made of any size desired to suit the use to which they are to be put, as for instance, the width of the spaces within the hook of the lower or male member of the hinge and that within the offset of the upper or female member of the hinge, will be made to snugly receive lids or box walls or sides of varying thicknesses, such alterations as these being clearly within the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

1. A hinge comprising two members, one provided with a hook formed to engage the sides and edge of the part to which it is attached and having an arched portion, and the other with an offset portion provided with an eye near its end for the reception of said hook, said olfset portion being arranged to work in said arched portion.

2. A hinge comprising two members, one provided with a hook formed to engage the sides and edge of the part to which it is attached and having an arched portion, and the other with an offset portion provided with an eye near its end for the reception of said hook, said offset portion be ing arranged to work in said arched portion, and said hinge members being provided with means arranged to cooperate to support the same against excessive opening.

3. A hinge comprising two members, one provided with a hook offset inwardly, and the other having a correspondingly offset portion constructed to engage said hook, the spaces formed in said hooked and offset portions being adapted to receive the parts to be hinged togetherto thereby bridge the edges and embrace the sides of said parts.

4. A hinge comprising two members having cooperating instrumentalities whereby-they may swing with respect to each other, and beveled cooperating outwardly projecting flanges at adjacent edges of said members adapted to abut and prevent excessive opening movement.

A hinge comprising two members, one provided with a hook offset inwardly from the plane of its securing portion and the other provided with a portion similarly offset inwardly from the plane of its securing portion and having an eye for the reception of the hook, and abutments on said members adapted to prevent excessive opening movement.

6. A hinge comprising two members, one provided with a hook offset inwardly, and the other provided with an in wardly offset portion having an eye for the reception of the hook, and flanges at the opposite edges of the two members adapted to abut to prevent excessive opening movement.

T. -A hinge comprising two members, one provided with a hook offset inwardly, and the other provided with an m wardly ollset portion having an eye for the reception of the hook, flanges at the opposite edges of the two members adapted to abut to prevent excessive opening movement, and one of the members having a centrally disposed projection adapted to contact with the other member to consti tute a third abutment.

S. A hinge comprising twomembers, one provided with a hook offset inwardly from the plane of its securing portion, and the other provided with a portion similarly offset inwardly from the plane of its securing portion and having an eye for the reception of the hook, and one of the mem-' bers having a centrally disposed projection adapted to contact with the other member to constitute an abutment to prevent excessive opening movement.

5). A hinge comprising two members struck-up from sheet metal, one provided with a hook offset inwardly and the other provided with an inwardly offset portion having an eye for the reception of said hook, and outwardly bent flanges at the edges of both of said members to reinforce the same and adapt it to abut when the hinge is open to hold the members against excessive opening movement.

and one of said members having a substantially centrally arranged struclsup projection adapted to contact with the other member to constitute an additional brace.

10. A hinge comprising two members one having an eye. and the other a cooperating hook, and a rigid outwardly projecting flange at the edge of each member occupying a plane transverse to the axis of the hinge and arranged to abut at their adjoining ends to hold the members against excessive opening movement.

11. A hinge comprising two members one having an eye and the other a cooperating hook, and outwardly projecting ilnnges at the opposite edges of each member, the adjacent flanges on the two members being arranged to abut at their adjacent ends to hold the members against excessive opening movement.

12. A hinge comprising two members one having an eye and the other a cooperating hook, and an outwardly projecting flange on one of the members occupying a plane transverse to the axis of the hinge and arranged to abut at its end against a surface of the other member in their opening movement to hold the members against excessive opening movement.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VALLACE P. ANGELO.

Witnesses Canvrx 'l. MrLANs, .Tos. Il. MILANS. 

